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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digitalcool:
OK, so I finally found this thread after searching for a day or so.. but a day too late...

After reading that Froyo was being delayed on the Epic from Dec 26th yet again, I decided to go with Darkys v7 rom. I was never able to get any of his (her) roms to work... I kept getting a boot loop betwen the Samsung logo and Galaxy S logo. So I tried various other roms and they all loaded up fine. It was only Darkys that wouldn't boot up. And I used the same Clockwork recovery method every time.

But being intrigued by the good buzz about Darky rom, I doggedly spent two days trying to get it to work. I finally stumbled upon a version 7.0.2, and got to work installing it. Guess what? Yep, a dead phone was the result. Nothing I would do could get it to power up. For those who still don't understand from all the previous posts, take the battery out of your phone, then try to tuen it on. Thats the best example of what is happening with our phones.

And I ended up figuiring out that the rom was for a Captivate.. not the Epic. Guess I was tired form all the attempts and didnt look at the desciption well enough. Well, only one solution... I made a two hour trip and took it into the Sprint store. They fiddled with it for a while to no avail. I told them I rebooted it and it wouldn't power up anymore (technically true). So now I'm waiting for a replacement...prolly a frakin' refurb :mad:

So anyway, good luck to all who have went thru this. I guess I'm just going to wait for the official release...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjornj:
tomorrow i'll have my jig and then i'll post the result
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crysis21:
I took mine from the service. The guy did a good job with the phone. It works like a charm, but I'm not glad that he installed eclair... but... :D I supose I have to thank that he saved me so fast :D.

Good luck guys and I think we should better start collecting money and buy our own RIFF JTAG's :)). Just kidding. STOP MODDING!:P

Maybe Samsung should build the download mode in such way that we cannot harm it... :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ozdemon:
Lifesaver

I can't thank-you enough. I thought my phone was stuffed. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Insti75:
I dropped my phone off at the local Samsung Plaza today, they didn't ask many questions.

We'll see what happens.

Thanks to everyone for the explanations and support, I'll make sure to flash the i9000t ROM and make sure that it is right next time! Or better yet, not flash at all (ha!).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuptup:
This.

Try using another battery. I dont understand how the phone literally wont turn on due to a software fault :S

Try this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0NVnaWTVK0&feature=player_embedded
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomislavp4:
[Q] Deleted playlogos1 file, bricked phone i9000

OK guys, so I had OCLF installed but than i did a factory reset and then I couldn´t apply the lag fix because OCLF said that i "have another lag fix allready installed, the file playlogos1" so I decided to delete the file. It went well I thought, I could then apply the lag fix, so I did.

The usual happended, it made the ext4 thing, it copyed the files and then it said that it will reboot. The phone booted and the samsung galaxy (white letters on black screen) appeared but the other screen where the flying blue S should appear never did, the phone started vibrating from time to time and the menu and back keys were glowing and it wouldn´t boot!

I tried removing the battery and starting booting it again, it didn´t work, I tried connecting to Kies but it didin´t work either. And the biggest problem of them all is that the three-button mode doesn´t work either!

I really don´t want to send it to service because it would take a loooong time ti get it back with the holidays and all...

Every help is very, very appreciated!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
[Q] Semi-bricked phone!

Guys, please help me... This is my situation. I had Darky's ROM v7.6 installed. I disabled Voodoo lagfix and flashed the SuperOptimized Kernel. After that, I enabled a lagfix and after some trial and error it worked fine. But when I tried to remove the lagfix, the phone wouldn't boot, just vibrating at startup.... so I re-enabled lagfix so that the phone works. Then I connected to ODIN and flashed the official Indian froyo firmware (DDJP6) without having disabled lagfix first... It was a single file I flashed in PDA field with 512.pit file and repartition checked. Now it takes me to recovery each time with an error message like "can't mount \dev\block\stl10" and "Can't mount DBDATA"". I then flashed CF-Root and then used the CWM Recovery update.zip that was lying there to enter CWM Recovery. But I'm unable to flash any update files from there... Also now my phone doesn't automatically enter recovery... Just vibrates at startup! :(

Please help... Thank you in advance! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caskast:
Don't worry, Go into download mode. When you have one file (PDA) you DONT check repartition. so select pda, plug your phone in and press start after that your phone should boot then you can CF-ROOT, then flash CWM then you can select your prefered kernel.

Goodluck ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
Tried that... didn't work! :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
Turns out I don't have a copy of the zip file for Darky's ROM on my SDCARD... so couldn't go about flashing anything from CWM... Is there any way in which I could access my SDCARD now ??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caskast:
Are you able to use ADB?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
I never have... but direct me and I'll do it. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caskast:
Download android sdk then open it up let it download the sdks then it should make a folder platform-tools inside the sdk folder

Boot phone into recovery and plug it into pc

go into Mounts and storage and press mount /mnt/sdcard (in recovery)

open cmd and cd to platform-tools

type adb push C:/path/to/darkysrom /sdcard/darkysromname.zip

Then the rom should be on your sdcard then you can flash it via CWM.

Hope it works ^^
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tackygr:
Since you clicked repartition once the "damage" is done.I think the best option is t flash a complete stock firmware now.Select pit 512,PDA,MODEM,and CSC files in Odin,and click repartition again.After that you ll be on a stock rom and do your thing allover again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] odlanir:
[Q] Help I have bricked my phone!

Dear readers,

I need your help, while trying to install Darky's ROM v7.6 my phone has stopped working. I was able to restart my phone in the clockwork mode and install the ROM, but ever since the final restart of the installation whenever my phone starts up a female voice just says:

- Convert data partition, and keeps on hanging in the boot screen. =(

I have tried:

1. Going into 3 button download mode, NO SUCCESS

2. Connecting the device to KIES, NO SUCCES

2. Using Odin to enable 3 button download mode, NO SUCCESS

Please, does anyone have any other suggestions what I could try? >_<
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
Can anyone provide me a mediafire or direct download link for such a stock firmware, please? Multiupload subsites never work out with my internet connectivity... Please help! Thank you very very much so far... I'm really grateful :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] w98seeng:
There is a USB jig people are making to get into download mode.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551

Other things I have heard are...

Pull the battery for at leat 1/2 hour then try again.

Pull the battery and apply heat from a blow dryer to the back of the phone. I personally wouldn't try this, but some people have said it workd.

On my phone when I had clockwork recovery installed, I did the 3 button recovery thingy, but instead of releasing the home button as usual, I released the power button. Also, try to get into recovery by holding down the 3 buttons for a couple of cycles through the Samsung splash screen,

Ian
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Have you tried going to the Dev section and asking Darky and others there? They would surely know more about this.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Looks like you have Voodoo lagfix running for some reason .

Try turning off in Clockwork .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adirtymonkey:
Have you tried to get in via http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=785201
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomislavp4:
Doesn't work because the USB debug mode is disabled, ADB can't connect with the phone unless it is enabled...

I should have fixed the 3 button issue first and then root my phone and install the lag fix but I wasn't flashing ROMs so I thought I wouldn't need the recovery mode... i guess I was wrong :(

I have been through countless threads and nothing seems to work. One thing I haven't tried is the home-made jig but since I don't have the equipment and getting one from ebay takes time, the best bet is to sent the phone to samsung, that too takes time but atleast they'll get the job done properly...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adirtymonkey:
Brick ? failed flash

Any suggestions on how to get rid of this (apart from turn the phone off)

Was in the middle of a flash and things died on me :mad:

Thanks to Richthofen and http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8078045&postcount=30 all sorted !

I'm sure morse code was easier to learn than the key press options on a SGS.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjAbu:
Try this:

If the "connect to pc" error appears, here is how to recover:

Do a power cycle (i.e remove & re-insert the battery).

Press power button (The "connect to pc" error symbol will appear)

Press and hold: volume down, home and power keys.

Once the screen turns black release the power key immediately (keep holding volume down and home keys).

The phone is now in download mode.

This also works with phones which are lacking the "3-button combo" feature.

Unless the last firmware update was done with 513.pit file, do not select re-partition. Just select the 512 or 803.pit & flash files.

Credits goes to Richthofen

Edit:

I have tried blow dryer trick, and it worked like charm.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peachpuff:
A lot of times people simply don't do this correctly. Remove the battery, plug in the usb cable, hold the vol +/- then insert the battery, you should be in download mode. Then you can flash jpy.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spectre85:
I agree you should only hear the voice when you enable voodoo.....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomislavp4:
Doesn't work ;)

I have been reading treads all day now, trying different methods without luck, they don't seem to work...ADB would work if I had the USB debug enabled but I don't...

Going to sent it to the samsung so they can fix it. Thanks for trying to help guys, it is really appreciated.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wildbat000:
if you can boot recovery ~

you can use "adb shell" then "reboot download" to the download mode
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmyjim11:
have you tried home made JIG

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551&highlight=301k
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomislavp4:
No I didn't try it since I don't have the skills or the equipment to build one. I could order one from ebay but then I'd have to wait for it to be shipped. I'd rather send it to the service center and get it properly fixed, the waiting time is the same more or less...

I wonder if they'll notice that I've rooted the phone though. Do they check these things or just flash a new firmware and get it over with? Anyone with experience?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prasad:
Thank you guys! I flashed stock JPU... Cache was mounted again. Phone started working :D Now back on Darky's v7.6 :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jflint:
[Q] Did I brick my phone?

So, I applied a lagfix with the improved clockworkmod recovery found in DocMod. After my Galaxy S was done switching file system, I rebooted only to be stuck in a boot loop where the phone complains about "Something went very wrong while mounting... x" etc. for a couple of pages. Then it boots again. The same thing happens when I start charging, and can't access download or recovery. I tried the adb trick found here, but that didn't work (adb couldn't find the device).

So, I'm out of ideas. Does anyone have any, or did I just brick my phone?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidsl:
I have no idea mate. But i'm sure you will get help from our xda galaxy guru team ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjornj:
nobody wants to make the jig for me..

i'll have to sent it for repair:(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adirtymonkey:
I was in the same position yesterday, I got round it by battery out, vol dwn+home+pwr slip in battery, when 'Samsung Galaxy' clears let go of PWR only.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android.francis:
You probably need to use a jig..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbohm:
yeah jig worst case odin with repartition and u will be good to go again
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Encrypted1024:
Can you get into download mode? NVM... I missed where you said you couldn't...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I've already had something on my Galaxy S. Just have to start your phone in recovery mode and restore your last NANDdroid backup. Then it should work again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pierreken:
Making the jig is really easy to do yourself. Even if you don't have any knowledge of electronics. Also there are no active/power components to connect to your phone so there's not much that can go wrong.

But if you're more comfortable with sending it in for repair, then that's fine as well of course. Just expect a 4-weeks wait time before you have it back (mine took a little less than 4 weeks).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylecore:
i'm in the same boat, will be trying whats been listed so far.

i've done this with quite a few different versions or the os with no luck.

i'll let you guys know how it goes.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinghorsey:
I'm in a similar situation as well. Had been flashing back from a custom rom to stock and accidentally checked repartition. (over sensitive space bar to blame there, plus me not double checking all settings)

Been trying all sorts of things but nothing is working.

Even worse, it seems to have become increasingly harder to find individual pda, csc, and modem files for roms. Maybe if I could get my hands on the individual files, I could try another repartition and see if it fixes the issue.

If the issue is just that parts of the Internal SD (or all of it, I'm not sure) are now read-only, then you'd think you'd be able to adb in and change the permissions of everything?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinghorsey:
Fixed.

Flashed with all three files from the JPC firmware with repartition checked.

it rebooted and went into the loop again.

Flashed JL2 with odin (no pit, no repartition) and it booted up fine.

Whew.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaideNN:
Bricked after updating using KIES

Hey guys..

My phone seems to have bricked itself after using KIES firmware update.

I've tried to get the device into download mode and recovery mode, how ever it just plays the galaxy S boot up video, after that the screen goes black and the menu and return buttons stay illuminated.

Please help guys, only got this handset yesterday. :(:(:(

What do I need to do?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdl1969:
If you reconnect the phone to Kies it may recognise that the flash has failed and try to recover it, I've seen it trying to do this. Apart from that the only way to fix it yourself would be to flash a ROM with either Odin or Hemidal. Considering your phone is barely a day old and was killed by Samsung's application I would personally take it back to the shop and get it replaced! Good luck!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evil_fish:
I strongly suggest you go to where you bought your phone and get a warranty covered repair!

I have had exactly the same problem. Even worse, I had a phone with 3-button-combo unable by Samsung. I gave the phone back to where I bought it. And explained what happened. They send the phone to Samsung service and not only updated the newest firmware(Froyo JPA since I am in Finland) for me but also fixed 3-button-combo to download mode and recovery mode :)

Indeed you may follow his suggestion as well by flash a fm by Odin since you do have 3-button-combo!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfms:
[Q] Bricked Samsung i9000...

So I have searched all the threads and i have found multiple threads with my situation, but as i read on the other threads, the subject gets changed into something else and the original poster of that thread has left it. So I am here to ask anyone who can help me with my phone. I accidently installed the wrong firmware on my SGS i9000 (Bell Version) via Download Mode, and now it won't turn on. It charges, but computer cannot detect it. Nothing comes up upon turning on the phone. I have tried the following:

-Heat method

-Getting it into recovery (Vol. up+home+power)

-Getting into download (Vol. down+home+power)

All methods have come to a fail on getting the phone to reboot up again. Also, I have tried to use the SDK, but i am a noob when it comes to that. Here is what I have done so far:

-downloaded androidSDK

-unzipped it into C:

-select start on my computer and search "cmd.exe"

-type in cd/

-type in androidSDK/Tools/adb reboot recovery

and this is where i stop cause after that, the command screen says:

"androidSDK is not recognizable as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file."

So yeah, any info anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated. I really love this phone and i bought it from ebay so i cant just go and return it to samsung, not to mention they are in canada. So sorry for the repeat of this question, but i really need help. Thank you and have a happy new year!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohitdabbaail:
Try using a JIG . It will force your device to go into the download mode.

Use this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Basically ignore everything you have read . You bricked your phone solution is to flash via Odin with a stock rom .

For that you need to get to the download mode .

If three button download modes is not working then as mohitdabbaail said your only hope is the jig .

Computer will never see a dead phone .

One little try before you try the jig battery out put phone into three button download mode and slide battery in as holding down buttons some say it may kick off recovery .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfms:
ok cool. making one of these jigs seems really hard. and as i read it, it says that if my screen is completly black nad nothing comes up, its not for me. but im really about to do anything so i will try this and let others know if it worked for me or not. Thanks a bunch!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaideNN:
For some reason I can't get the thing in recovery mode, or download mode at all. When I plug the phone in, the PC doesn't recognize it.

I've seen people unable to get into these modes with the GT-I9000.

The phone is second hand, but purchased from Optus, so I might take it into them and see what they say.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Take it back if you get nowhere come back here as its fixable .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanderdk:
i can help

i can sell you a jig tool for 10 $ + transport.

its a micro usb cable you just inset while the phone is turned off and it will automatic boot up download mode.

i am sure this will work :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kavlos:
Hi. I tried to upgrade using Kies but now my phone is stuck on the Galadxy S welcome logo and doesnt start. I can only enter dowload mode. Can someone please tell me how to fix this??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phk:
Just flash a new ROM using ODIN :)

That's what download mode is for!

Phk
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silver_172:
[Q] Semi Bricked SGS

Hi Guys ive got a freinds SGS Here with me its the none 3 button version,

Hes rooted the phone useing z4ROOT , then he had no signal no matter what, his sim card worked in my phone so we thought that we would update the handset and see if that works although he then forgot to unroot the device to update to 2.2 to see if that would improve his situation with the signal,

But suprise suprise it bricked ive seen some guides on here and got no where,

Basically the phone boots into the "S" Flashing and vibrateing in intervals, i cant go into the 3 finger recovery method and Odin wont recognise it whilst plugged in to the PC,

Anyone got any idea's ?

Many thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcarr622:
If you're in download mode there is no reason the phone wouldn't be recognized by Odin unless you don't have the right drivers.

And for the love of all that is good, this is NOT DEVELOPMENT. Please post where things belong.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silver_172:
Sorry for posting in the wrong place,

Also it isnt in downlaod mode , As this dosnt have the 3 Finger recovery modes, as its the newer version of the SGS
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tragusman:
Mate make yourself a jig search these forums costs about 5 bucks to make it will get you into download mode then flash stock rom with odin.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silver_172:
ill have a look for the Jig is that the only method that will work ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tragusman:
Yes! If you cant access recovery or download mode then thats your only option...its a small price to pay to fix expensive phone :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silver_172:
Thanks Trag , Got the guide from XDA just looking for a 310K Res,

typical proberbly got to go to BnQ tomorrow to see they stock them
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tragusman:
310k? typo i hope :D isnt it 301k? :D anyways good luck this is the thread i was reffering to prob the same you found http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silver_172:
yarp typo, thanks for the help
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kwith:
[Q] I think I bricked my phone....HELP!

Ok, so I've been all over the forums, I can't find a straight answer, and most threads just end without any solution so here is my problem:

A few weeks back I updated to froyo on my I9000M. Just tonight I started getting some weird errors about messaging thread and twlauncher shutting down, so I rebooted my phone

Same problem, rebooted my phone again and it didn't come back

Tried factory reset, clearing cache, all of that in the recovery mode - no dice

Looked around, and found a couple procedures involving Odin.

It told me this in recovery mode: can't mount dev block mmcblk0p1

Tried to flash to 2.1 - didn't work

Went through the steps - unplug USB, remove battery, put battery in, open Odin, plug in phone, select firmware version, tried with and without re-partition, phone bootloader update options selected, tried with a few different firmwares - no dice

Also, Odin gets stuck on SetupConnection..

Tried using the adb shell, didn't seem to work either

I am honestly out of ideas and I really would rather not send my phone to samsung.

Despite all of this, when it starts, the Galaxy S logo appears and the chime plays, but then it gets to a black screen. I've read this is recoverable, but so far I can't get it to work.

Please help!